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FRENCH PAPERS. ( From the Matte, dated Tuesday, Jan. 24.) We find the following details in private letters rt.iblished in some German Papers:- 46 St. Petershurgh now enjoys the greatest tranquility, and the most satisfactory accounts Oven received from the southerngovernments, .vtivre the corps had at first rerpieed with euthu• the proclamation of the Czarowitsch. It is for history to do justieu to the generous contention between the two brothers. Passions and party spirit are • now too easily excited.— 'Prince Williams the second son of the King of .Prussia, who is. sent to St. Petershurgh to corn pliment the Emperor, will pass through Warsaw ; the Envoy of Saxony will take the. some way ; those of the other Powers will do the same. This mode of proceeding cannot fail to flatter the Grand Duke •Coustantlue, whO has just taken the oath from the Polish army, which he is still to command. As he has not reserved to himself any advantage by his renunciation, it is probable that his appanage, which is said to amount to no more that, two millions of rubles in paper, will fiCst be sufficient to gratify his inclination to be nelicence. Forty officers who have been arrested area now confined in the fortress of St. Peters. burgh. They are all young men, some of them belonging to distinguished families. 'He shall live,' wrote th'e Emperor himself to the wife of Prince Troubetzkoy, who had hi vain sought re loge in the house of a Foreign Ambassador, his brother-in•law---' he shall live, since he is so fond of life.' ".ft is said that at St. Petersburgh, the in. triguers wished to make the soldiers cry Con stantine for ever ! the Constitution for ever and ss the soldiers, not knowing what the Constitu tion was, chewed some opposition, the intriguers, taken unawares, answered that it was the s ife of Constantine. Then the deceived soldiers cried, 4 Constantine for ever I Constitution for ever!' " His Imperial Highness the Archduke rer dinand of Este set out for Vienna on the 11th, on his mission to St. Petershurgh. " The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg!) Schwerin and the Margrave Leopold of linden, Inure also set oat for St. Petersburgh. The Murgrsve will also go to Taganrog, to express to the Empress Dowager the interest token in her just at fiction by the whole Grand Ducal Family, of which she is a member. " The last accounts from Odessa announce that there are hopri or preserving the Empress Elizabeth." PARIS, JAN. 23.—An English Baronet has 'been tried by the Tribunal of Correctional Police for swindling. Last August he called on Michaud, carriage anti harness-maker, Rue Mont- AMU, to purchase a handsome carriage, to which he Meant to Ina two fine horses which he liad just bought. The bargain being concluded, 'he gave a check on M. Delessert, his pretended banker. But M. Michaud having preseuted his check for payment, found that he had been cheated. The Court iientemeed the Baronet to a year's imprisonment, to pay a fine of 3,000 franca, 2,550 francs' for the price of the carriage, and 700 francs damages. (From lhi Montleut: of Monday,) VIENNA, JAN. o.—After mentioning the Ws .siou of Turkish negotiators to the headquarters .of Ibrahim Pectin, to endeavour to make some •arraugenlents with the Greeks it is added, It is affirmed, however, that England and its .agt►nta endeavour to paralyze these negotiations, and that the British Government wishes to ar rogate to itself a kind of supremacy over Greece. This disposition of Englami has not a little Comm. tributed to the measure which the Porte has just adopted ; for, notwithstanding all the friendly declarations of the English Charge d'Affaires, it still fears the British protectorate of the Greeks, and is persuaded that the efforts of the Cabinet of London tend to this effect. It believes, also, that the mission of Mr. Stratford Canning has the ,same object. JAN. 22.—News from St. Petersburgh of the 6th has been received at Paris. The oath jiatl been taken at Moil How to the Emperor riTitholas. •naxcn Fuxna.—PAitis. JAN. 113.—Five per Cents. af. I:M.—Three per Note., sc.—Bank Stock, `2,056 . RAW de Napies (Certif. Faieonnet), Loan, Vet —Exchan g e on London, one month, 25f. 20a. three ditto, lit. f10c..--(Couit Atithets(igue.) . RODUERY AND NIUDDI{D. SWITZEILLAND.—In the arty part of this month, twelve or fourteen men, whose faces were disguised, went, at a late hour, to a fartn.housts near Douvaine, fourteen miles from Geneva, and knocking at the door, they begged to be admitted, stating that they were traveller*, and had mistaken their road. The farmer awoke his servants, and, snspecting that these people were robbers, he told them to depart, as their intentions would be husrrated ; he informed them that he pos. sestted no money, and was determined to resist any forcible ebtranre that might be attempted. The bamlitti walked round the farm, expecting to find some weak part which they might attack with safety ; two of these miscreants climbed over a strong fence that protected the court yattl. The farmer perceiving them, tired his glltt, and brought one of them to the ground. 'L'he wounded mate was carried Away by his coMfades, /10, after deliberating us few minute's, departed. Th e y afterwards Dvill to 'mother farm, half a mile distant, and here they were successful- in their attack ; having obtained admittance into the house, they eUrried oil every article of valve, and, meeting with some resistance, they mur. tiered the fainter and one of his servants. The blows which deprived those unfortunate persons of their lives were inflicted with a sharp instiu 4stent, probably a scythe. in the P runing. a fire On the December, -ltroke out hi a private dwellingehouse in Stork. bairnno s o oner slid the intelligence reach the Royal than both the King and the Crown fiance, a§ is usual on such Orritbioll, niouoted horses, and rode to the scene of itoollagiatiou, iv, order to direct the fi reme n an d oiiiiiary in (heir meaqures to wive the property. Luckily the fire was extinguished without doing much injury. EAST INDIA HOUSE. A General Court of Proprietors of East India Stock Was held yesterday, pursuant to adjourn ment from the 18th instant; LORD AMINInT. The minutes of the lust Court having been read, The Hon. li. STANHOPE said, he wished, before the Court proceeded to the consideration of the regular business of the day, to put a question to the Hon. Chairman... He was anxious to know whether the Marquis of Hastings or the Marquis Wellesley had been nomin a t e d t o th e G overnment of Bri tish India ? Or whether Lord Amherst had been recalled ? If this questipn were Satisfactorily answered, it would prevent him from making is specific motion on the subject. His rea son for asking the question-was, because, in his opinion, I.ord Amherst had plunged this country into a most expensive and unnecessary -war ; and when he heard of the calamitous events that had occurred in India,when he knew that numbers of his fellow-soldiers were periShing in the swamps of an un wholeiome climate,—when he was jammed that the expence of the war was not less than 1,000,0001. per month, it was high time that the system of Government should be altered.. lie feared, if Lord Amherst were allowed to remain at the bead of the Government; that India would be lost to this country, as America had already been lost. The Chairman(Mr..lltAltJOlLlnANKS) had no hesitation in saying, that he had proposed neither one nor the other of the noblemen to whom allusion had been made, to proceed as Go vernor4feneral to India; neither had they been proposed to In fact, there was at present nu question bet Ore the Court of Directors as to the removal of Lord Amherst. OUTt PAPEItti. Mr. !lusty: Inquired whet her the Chairman had not received a letter from Sir J. Doyle relative to the proposed discussion on the Oude Paper s .? an d if h e h a d, he wished to know whether. there was any objection to disposing of that motion before they ,proceeded to other business ? The CITAIRMAN auswered, that a letter had been received from .the Km. Baronet, which should be read. The letter was then read. In it Sir J. Doyle requested that. his.motion relative to the Onde papers should be postponed to a future day, as he was unable to attend at the present Court, in consequence of a cold and sore throat. The motion was then, at the suggestion of Sir J. Doyle, post. poned. to Wednesday t'ortnight. . . EDUCATION OF CADETS. The CHAIRMAN acquainted the Court, that it was made special for the purpose of discussing the following proposi tion : " That this Court, considering the great importance of a knowledge of the Hindostannee language to European Officers destined to act with and to command the Native Troops in India, recommend to the Court of Directors to take into their immediate consideration the propriety of making re gulations that no Cadet shall henceforth be permitted to pro:: cacti to India unless he shall, upon examination, he found sufficiently , grounded in the rudi men t s o f th e Hi n d os t annee language." Mr. HUME, in bringing this subject forward, declared that the question as one in which he was not personally interested; but as he conceived it to be of the utmost importance that steps should be taken to ensure to their military officers in India a competent knowledge of the Hindostannee language, he had deemed it proper to place the question fairly before the Proprietors. The Marquis Wellesley had, in one of his able minutes, pointed out the lam e nt a bl e d e fi c i ency w i t h respect to a knowledge of the Oriental` languages which prevailed amongst our officers in India ; and it certainly was proper that so mischievous a defect should be remedied. It had ben considered a matter of national importance to give a certain degree of educatio.i in the Oriental languages to their civil servants ; and he war ready to contend, that if education of that nature were necessary for the due performance of civil duties, it was equally, if not more, necessary, in the military department. The tlun. Proprietor argued at considerable length in support of this proposition, and pointed out the se veral duties which military officers in India had to perform, on the march, in garrison, or in the field ; which duties, he asserted, could not be properly fulfilled while they were ignorant of the native tongue. The establishment for the education of their civil setvams at Ilnileybury had cost the sum of 247,0001., added to which the establishment in India required, on the average, 63,000/. a-year. When th e C o mp any were so liberal In. providing for that class of servants, surely they would not begrudge an additional sum of MM. per an. nuns, for which he would undertake to instruct in the tlindo. stannee language, all those cadets who were annually sent out to India. Ile pledged himself to this, that he would teneh 600 young men the. native languages for 6001.---(A laugh.)—lle did nut mean that he would educate them personally ; hut his frieud, Dr. Gilchrist, would.--(A laugh.)--It was the duty of the Company to take measures for having the duties of their service performed in the best possible manner. Ile would now whoa his motion to • the Court, and he did not hesitate to state, that if any person should be of opinion that it was unreasonable, he should.not consider that person a. very reit. sonable man.--414aughter.)—The Honourable Gentleman con. eluded by moving the following resolution s—" That this j Court, considering the great importance of a !knowledge of the li intlostannee language, to European officers, destined to act with and comment native troops in India, do recant. mend to the Court of Directors, that, consistently with their own resolutions, they would take into consideration the pm. priety of not allowing any European officer to proceed to India, unless he was sufficiently grounded in the Eastern lan guagea." Lc. (.111.ciiittsT seconded the motion. Sir J. Sr.wEnt. opposed the motion, on the ground that it was totally unnecessary. Ile disapproved of any project which would expose young men about to proceed to India to the vices of the metropolis; anti he was of opinion that foreign *gouges were hest acquired in the countries where they were vernacular. - The 1100. Mover had, in his opinion, greatly exaggerated in Ills statements regarding the want of knowledge among the European officers in India. The ex pence attending the education of a young man in the Eastern languages in this country could nut be less than 1001., which would be a serious burden to his parents, who were usually persons in reduced circumstances. Colonel LUSIIINUTON also objected to the motion. _Of the advantage of a knowledge of the Eastern languages in Euro. perm officers, no person, he thought, could e nt er t a i n a d ou b t ; but much difference of opinion might prevail with respect to the mode in which that knowledge should be acquired. For his part he thought that, under. all the circumstances of the case, it would be best for officers to obtain their knowledge of the Eastern languages in India. He could assure the Court that the liovernmentin India had adopted regulations, having for their objebt the acquirement of that kind of knowledge ley the officers. By one of those regulations the commanding officer was required to send a monthly report of the progress of each officer under hie orders in the native languages, to the Commanderein-Chief, who encouraged or censured the hh . - viduals thus brolight under hi s notice, as their respective cases required. The Honourable Proprietor then concluded by cx. pressing his regret that the prernuium which had formerly been given to Luropean officers who distinguished themselves by their knowledge of the native languege had been dis continued. The lion. L. STastimee said, that all seemed to be agreed as to the necessity of European officers, serving in India, being possessed Ufa competent knowledge of the Minya language.— Lite only question was how that knowledge was to obtained. All philosophers who, bed treated on the subject agreed that knowledge should be acquired in youth—that the impression should he matte while the wax was soft. The honourable Mover had never contended that the young man proceeding to . lindia should possess a perfect knowledge of die Dative lan gimps; all he desired was, that they should beegrounded in the rudiments of those languages. Ile had been in various parts of the world, and he could front his own experience and observation declare, that a rudiwi:rital knowledge of foreign lan. gauges was of the greatest importance to persons visiting tie: countries in which they were spoken. If the Court of Directors were to consult their own interests, or the welfare of the natives of India, they wield take care that n o c a d e t s s h ou ld go out to India who did not pOit§eSS a competent knowledge of the native languages. Under these circumstances he would vote for the motion. Air. It. .Lscesoee was of opinion that cadets should receive some instruction in the native languages previous to their de- Perture for India. He, hoseever, disapproved of that part of the motion which bound the Directors to take a particuler course. Ile Melted the Court of Directors to have liberty to deal with the question in the way they themselves might think beet. Mr. S. Dmox and Mr. DAnny opposed the motion, and Captain MAXWF,I,I". supported it. .. . Sir C. Fon itEs said, that many instances had come under his observatian in which the want of knowledge of the native language hail occasioned the most twrious injury. On one oc casion, an individual was tried by a court.martial, and sentenced to death. II happened that a gentleman present at the trial understood the native languages, and was thereby enabled to inmeeive that the interpreter, either through accident or design, had made some important mistakes, which told against the ac cused person.. LI of the Court s wise, in cons equence , ,nittitutel an investigation erePrtsented the circumstance to the President on the subject ; and the result was, that the prisoner, who - had Sir P. Latina: tho ug h t that the /nib.; been condemned to death,- was pardoned. ect ought to be left In the hands of the Direct ors . Sir O. RonintiON assured the Court, that the. Court of Di-' rectors were most anxious that every person in the Company's , service should possess a ;competeat knowledge of the native languages. They had' recentlY sent a dispatch to the Indian Government, recommending thattio officer should be appointed to the staff who should not give proofs of his proficiency in the Eastern languages. The CIIA I ItlIA N observed, that it was a libel on the officers of the Indian army to state, as a general proposition, that they were not acquainted with the native languages. At no time was the knowledge of those - languages more generally diffused amongst the officers than at the present moment. The Court of Directors were always disposed to listen with great re. spect to :my reeimii»erlation from the Court of Proprietors; but they could not be expected to . pledge themselves to adopt any such recommendation, because they were the sworn officers of the Company, and must du what they" thought right on their oaths, without reference to the opinion's of any other body. qr. Hu 114 E replied, and the question was then put, and ne gatived by a very large majority. Air. HUME moved for various papers relative to the educa tion of cadets, which were refused.—The Court was then ad journed. BOARD OF TRADE AND TUE SPITALFIELDS WEAVERS. Yesterday (Wednesday) Messrs. Tiornewood, Poyton, \lraHis, Harris, and others forming the deputation ap pointed to present to the Board of Trade the petition agreed to at the meeting held last week of the inhabitants of th e p ar i s h o f St. Mathew, Bethhal-green, had an audience of the Board, which lasted upwards of two hours. tnumbers of the Board _}}?resent on this occasion were M E r. Robinson, (Chancellor of the xehequer,) Mr. Jluskisson, and Mr, Grant. _ The petition, which prayed that " the Honourable Board would devise some means ~,to avert the distress that has over taken the numerplis person's engaered in the s ilk t ra d e, " i n con . -sequence of the repeal of the prohibitory system, having been re* the deputation requested to know what answer they should retiiin to their constituents. -- Mr. II USK Issox, in reply, stated at some length the reasons by which he felt compelled to adhere to the determination at throwing the trade open under the protecting duty of 30 per cent., provided by the late act of repeal. Ile admitted.thar the existing distress in the silk-trade (which he sincerely la mentetb was, in a considerable measure, owing to the expected importitiou of foreign silica; but thought that is was to be as cribed in n still greater degree to the excessive speculations to which the silk manufacturers had recently indulged. He telt quite assured, at all events, that the introduction of a free system would ultimately be attended with the greatest benefit, not only to the country at large, but more .particularly to the silk weavers themselves, Ile was by means, however, so wedded to his opinions as not to renounce them willingly, it' they could be proved to •be erroneous; and he could assure the deputation, that if they would only convince him of the propriety of retracing his steps, no false notion of con sistency should prevent, him from being the first to go be fore Parliament, and mo ve f or th e cont i nuance o f the pro hibitory system. In the mean time, he was sorry to say, that with the views he had on the subject, he coul.l not give the de putation any hope that Govermnent would interfere in the matter of' their petition. The distress which the silk weavers experienced was but a temporary evil that must he borne.— Neither were they the only distressed class in the commu nity ; many other classes—the cotton-spinners in particular being in a state of nearly equal suffering, In consequence of the generally depressed condition of manufactures and com merce at the present moment. When Mr. Hu-kismon had concluded, Mr. Iliimewood, Mr. Poyton, and Air. Nirallis, severally addressed the Board in support of their petition. having urged, particularly, the advantage which the foreign silk weaver has over the English one, in consequence of food and every thing else being so much cheaper, and taxes so much lighter, abroad: The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER remarked, that the Deputation, as well as other people, were very much mistaken on these points ; for that the French workmen have heavy taxes to pay as well as ours have, and find it nearly as hard a task to , live upOn their earnings as ones do ; that if bread is cheaper in France than in England, wages are proportionably less; and that house remit is almost as high there as it is at ITome. The deputation confessed that on all these points they enter. Lined, 4 common with the public, very different notions—that they were at a loss to conceive how the French workman could be at ell oppressed by taxes like time English workman, when in France there was but little national debt to pay the interest of, and in England we have a national debt that requires a taxa tion of nearly 40 millions annually ; and that; regards both the prices of provisions end house-rent in France—even con. sidered in relation to the French rates of wages--they were sure it could be easily demonstrated that the foreign workman had eminently the advantage. Mr. Ilissts:woon added significantly, that it might not he out tif place to hint, that bestdes having little or .no national debt;the ! Freneh had no earn laws. The UttAN CE 1,1.0 It of the Exc t: car 14 It smiled, but took no other notice of the allabiion, Mr. HUSKISSON and sir. GRANT were equally silent in ze "meet to it ;, indeed, during the whole interview, the question of the corn laws, though so intimately connected with that of free trade, seemed to be carefully avoided. With the exception of the itotice taken of them by Mr. Homewood, they were never once mentioned. The CIIANCEL Lon of the Elyzettt:QuElt and Mnlitriiicts- SON joined in replying that' they b u d no t o v er l oo k e d any of the considerationa brought forward by the deputation.; that they had given the whole matter, the fullest, consideration„ and viewed the operation of the new law in every possible shape ; and that after all they had heaid, their opinions remained un changed. illr.11010.:wo,o».--tVhatanswe;,. then, ifyou please . , gen. tlemen, shall we take buck to our constituents e Are we to un derstand that Government eantfrord us noimpe of relief ? 31r, 111/SICI9SON.—.YOU will please just' to: reitiort ftdtltfttlly what has now passed between yourselves and the,l4ard. THE SILK TRADE. A meeting of the engine!. Bilk-weavers took place yesterday, . pursuant to , public notice, et the • Block 1 . .f0g public-house, 'fir t he purpose of taking into consideration the distressed state of their trade. The large room in which it was held was crowded to excess at an early hour of the evening. Mr..lcisEen Ptt.t.au, being called teethe chair, read the re quisition by which they had been called together. That there was sufficient emote for alarm in their trede could not, lie said, be denied, and he hoped those persons who' had been instru mental in calling the meeting would now come forward, and state their object in so doing. Mr. CITA itr.vret said the meetingehad been called in conse quence of the peculiar situation iu which Mesev. Newberry and :;en's journeymen Were,placed. , Mr. Newberry had d e , dared that 119 would' no t give mit any mere work until -a proper regulation and understanding took place between the employers and the employed: The_ journeymen of• that establishment bud in • consequence determined on taking th e se er e " the trade on the subject. One man that he kndw worked for three different masters, 'and received a (litre. rent price front each of them. ((friers of " Name, name.") I say t h ee , te i f i Mr, Charlton) that Thomas Holland received full pay trim Mr. Newberry % one penny less from Mr. tindetillii, MO a difrerelit price. again, froi o Mr. • Lee. Messrs. Newberry were willing to pay the heat regulated price, but they found that if they did so they could not meet the other manufacturers in the.maeket. It Wit,3,notoriou3 that the `Whole of Mr. 'Underhill's lienda were working mul A. price and it was time that a stop Ithould be put to such c+' duct. * t leeir his own part he never re. ccived leas than the full price from. Mr. Newberry. He meant the list of prices agreed to by masters arid men at the King's !lead, in the Poultry, after the repeal of the 3.pitalarldn A9to. The loss or those acts is now severely telt, for although a list Of priers; was then solemnly ratified by the Masters, there wife' 'not one of them, except Mr. Newberry, that had not re -Nutted that agreement. This was of itself sufficient proof of the loss the trade had sustained by the rpt•til of the acts ; for although the masters would not venture to violate the Act of Parliament, it appeared they were nut over.scrupolout in keeping their so. ' lemn engagem ents . Mr. Wm. BA X En. said he believed Mr, Newberry was w ill. log to pay the highest price, but unless the' prices were Teri lilted, he would naturally expect that work should be done US cheap tor him as It wee the others. He visited to know how a imui, with five or six children hanging about his kneel, and trying for bread, was to act, when a man offered him Id. or evert lii. a yard instead of ltd. ? The workhouse might perhaps be recommended ; but could it be expected that a parish, al. ready overburdened with upwards of 2,000 could afford them relief'? lie should like to see a•rernecsy proposed and acted upon. Mr. St atoetns thought a collusion existed amongst the maa. tars, but he hope I IL Wie n would assist eachother to put i t down. Ile 'was 'of opinion that Mr. Newberry got his work performed at as low a rate its any other inanufaerotet.• For his part,,he wits employed b Mr. Spiers ott full poly- He heard of the meeting only that everting; 'and if any ode present f ind snlY thing 6 say egeinst the character of Mr.v.Spiers, :let him them come forward and city it.—(eriefl.Of ,t:41'1”co !") Mr. ItouEnT. Sku,sua said, Ills Cn 3 PloPd Air. g n ew ‘ lAe r r e ry dn , e a s t d i a d y lla r t never received lessettian the cull 'ince last he underatood - XV. NeviberrY refused fir give out inure work; but what moist grieved: that gentleman was, that 601110 of his workmen went to odic!, maeur eetee i es, and offercd to work at a cheaper rote. lie would propose that • . , M F= rr s N. SO 1.441 QUIS DICRRE FALSUAI "lUD • LON DON, THURSI).4Y EVB2VING, JANUARY 26, 1826. The following Extrnct of a letter from Batavia', (I;itcd October 1, 1825, is from a Merchant of the first respectability, but whose name we do not feel ourselves at liberty to mention : The public prints will have apprized you that the Eastern part of Java is in a state of insurrection, and that several Dutch Europeans have met an untimely fate from the incur. gents. The aspect of affairs is, indeed, so alarming, that the existence of the Dutch Governtnent in this Island may be considered extremely precarious. The number of European soldiers in Batavia, scarcely amounts in the whole to two hundred ! A short time ago the Governor issued a Pro clamation, calling upon all Christians in the city to enrol their nantes—a requisition with which they readily com plied. It wax then announced by the President, that it was . only intended to put the Gentlemen into a state of discipline, ths4 *tight be useful in case the operations of the insurgents should eventually produce a very great emergency. A few days after this communication, a Code Military, of Pains and Penulties was published, and orders issued for the newly enrolled volunteers to mount guard at the Governor-General's residence and the public offices, as private soldiers. This na. turally excited dissatisfaction, and tite British merchants, in a body, attended at the house of the Governor-General, to remoa strate against what they considered an unnecessary hardship. Three Only of the body were admitted to the presence of his Ex. cellencY, who expresspd his regret at the necessity of the measure, which, on his honour, he protested, was the result of necessity, and that as English they must consider themselves volunteers. •The Deputation, in reply, assured the Governor, that, in the hour of actual danger, they would never be found backward in' personal exertion and co-operation to protect the Govern mitt, but that as the Insurgents wee then known to be three hundred mile* distant from Batavia—and their advance opposed by 8,000 troopso.there could be no im. I lmediate 'necessity for subjecting them to that species of duty. Much more passed, but no relaxation of the Governor's orders could be obtained. All from that time were considered soldiers.... and as such were obliged to mount guard. The Governor General 'then thought proper to retire to his country residence, about 40 mites from Batavia—leaving the volunteers to mount guard, for the protection of his etapty house. I could add much more to chew the went of cordiality between the Gover nor-General, and civil European population of Batavia. Sue cenive accounts come in, bringing intelligence of the iucreas. lag force of the enemy, and of fresh disasters befalling the Dutch army. The natives have displayed considerable military skill, by getting between the principal Dutch Eastern 1 settlement, and their troops, whose retreat has been cut off by burning all the bridges, by which alone they could retire. It - is tbought . here, that if they had pushed their advantages, they' might have destroyed Semarang. This morning we have Intelligence of 26 of the dragoons being m u r iag—and of a new insurrection at Billeton. All the troops at the outposts, are ordered to Batavia, and a general gloom pervades every department. A few days ago wren English were killed in a skirmish. The British Merchants are all preparing to leao Java, and, with that view, are taking measures to wind up their affairs. The facts detailed in this extract corroborate the intelligence which had already' reached this country, but the concluding subjoined passage of, the letter, will Perhaps be thought to open a new view, of the real situation of The Europeans in Java, and the other greit Indian Islands : The Aftrfay*, according to repot ts,—itt first only whispered, bat now generally circulated—lately made an attempt to assassinate the Dutch President at Bencoolen, on a visit that he made to the Chinese Bauer. All the native Chiefs consider thetn• selves to have been sold by the English to the Dutch, by the late treaty, every word of which is generally known,. the Dutch Government having printed and dispersed copies translated into every Eastern Language! Mr.Canning'sopinion express• ell last year in the House of Commons, of the nature and value of Treaties with the native Chiefs, has been circulated by the Dutch Government with equal industry, translated copies of the whole debate having been dispersed throughout the Island. The natives say they now feel to their cost that the troths made with them were indeed but mere waste paper I The Unfortunate Treaty of March 1824, has sullied the English name with an indelible stain in the opinions of all the Native Chiefs. The name of Mr. CANI4IIXO, who is considered as the author of it, is universally mentioned with the greatest hatred by the natives. Piracy in the Straits increases, and tho Dutch have no ade quate force fur the protection of the, traders, who thus fall prey to the merciless Malays. It will perhaps be considered not one of the least remarkable circumstances of modern times, that the political opinions, expressed In debate in the British House of Commons, being thins communicated to the natives of the Great Indian Islands, should have opened their eyes to the real estimation in which they have beets held. That they are becoming formidable from , the light of increased, and increasing, knowledge cannot be doubted, and although the perio d may be remote, it nev e rth e less must finally urrivet• wren the myriad population of the East will D o longer submit to the dominion o f a handful of ; Europeans. • Three Hamburgh and - one Flanders Mail e r' rived in town this morning.. It will be seen by our extract of a Communication from 14 tha Prussian f r onti ers , th a t t h e resistance o f - mutineers at St. Petersburg!) was as obsti" ate ' and the consequences to the full us sanguinarY, as has been stated in preceding reports FROM THE PRUSSIAN FRONTIERS, .1,121. 1 le, The tumultuous scenes at St. Petersburgh on the 2ffti,o on the taking the oath tri . the Emperor, Nicholas 1., have "t e to described on the whole so correctly and circumstantially in,t_. Berlin State Gazette, that the novelty loving public should ,e . : length cease crin like the boys in the streets of Londo n during the revoluti o n , more bloody news. Nearly six law ; were spent in parl e yi ng w i t h mut i nous troops,who were inflame! with brandy, an d marching from diluent barracks with droll; beating and colours flying i n to the Square of the Palace, had diawn together a great concourse of people, and having for m „,. a square, placed in the centre of it their officers and 1/e— e p other e agitators hed i h n ee civil x h e:s e ti t : l t he lt t w h as ey w no e t re ti fi l r l e a d l p m o e n an: i l ij grApeeehop, and the Horse s Guards ordered to charge. Gen' t r Milltradowttsch was shot before the front as he was his horse ; the voice of the Archimandrite, who appeared * l ei the crucifix, was drowned in the uproar, and incessant cries ge r " Let the Grand Duke Nicholas live, but let the EuiPe e L Constantine reign I" were uttered by thecontinuellY-incre eg h; multitude. Some of the artillerymen, at the eight guns winch had been brought up, were wounded by the rebels. The ne w Emperor, repeatedly exposing himself to the greatest &Ira' had attempted to overcome the obstinacy of the mutineer", sn , to convince them of their error, in fancying that the renundat,,l e of Constantine was a fiction ; till at length a discharge of Oter . _Aim killed some hundreds of them. About 4(1 officers are i' r . • rested and confined in the fortress ; among whom there ere cer tainly tainly young men of the oldest houses. " He shall live," wr e ' - Emperor the te himself to the wife of one of the most dee I Foe plicated, who had in vain sought refuge iii the house of a reign Ambassador, his brother-in-law. The last Courier, „ left St. Petersbur g ! ) on the 30th December, and brought sin letter from th e E m p ress Al exant i r ato the King of P russ ia, V` e that he left the Capital on the Newa in profound tranquila l r anti the most satisfactory accounts were hourly received fl or the Southern Government, where entire corp s o f t h e ; t ruth t h instance the 2nd, under Count Wittgenstein, had taken the/ „ with great enthusiasm to the Ceserowitsch. Jr. h as been ole i ,'" said lately . that if the Grand Duke Constantine had acted a days only in St. Petereburgh as Emperor, and then the male-contents and intriguers, would have been deprive ho every pretext, and many lives would have been spared ; l' ut ee te can decide whether this measure would not have had A pr"`" ! '.; contrary effect, even if the health of the Grand Duke Conl t t - te J e tine, whose sufferings are not to be described, had 1 36511 ",eth its adoption. It is evident that the mistaken tirtences t tch which Constantine remained faithful t o his renu nciation,,w' oe , is as little the r esu l t o f petty anxiety as of selfish love 01e libi but Is clearly eno ug h expressed in the pious expressions "" D ie act of renunciation uddressed to the Emperor Alexander‘n le by feats as much strength of mind on his part as the oath tali% itt Nicholas to his elder brother thews prudence and int e f ri , imitate tttts P K r in in c tg e h 1 1 1 him in whose favour the renunciation was made. It wig of is task of the future historian duly to appreciate this tinclal%e friendly contention between two brothers. At present and party-spirit are too much excited. , e t e , ei ai er co r o n W st er o i sin t e i ; gone to St. Petersburgh to congratulate the new setae o r e passes through Warsaw. General Von Spinckwitz, Nn e°l , t ell goTeshisttineimusThee way. Other os who immediately on receiving the Atanifesto, caused tile o at to be taken by the- whole Polish Army, which he intends . 0 .„ to command. As he stipulated in his renunciation for soy to axa ja u l oi n pn t lye l . "l3nd so il of the King of Pruesia.., sonal advantage, it seems that his appanage, which is s at be only two millions of rubles, paper currency, can harol ec n. flee for his own expenditure, and the gratification of his I " nation to charity. newels trr-tseu'inlitteeCii twhaitthliAeri4vxalaun'alberle According to the latest accounts from Odessa, the eto Elizabeth had so far overcome her affliction and her do, n lr- he en be reported in St. Petersburgh that the Emperor wotunsl• o - est life et would d s h e a re prese begi ry dn ed !gi was undertake a journey to Moscow and the southern pr° zn o. where his presence would certainly tend, in these eritl es o nce, ments, to make the minds of the people easy. Ills p re I d be his truly dignified appearance, and his eloneace, No u dole able necessarily to direct public opinion, which is more All , sive there than any wh ere e l se i n favour of the tirea g " --( gamine . Zeltung, Jan. 19.) ST. PETE/Mt/510H, JAW 1 , We are happy to have only satisfactory news to etatimunr co to our readers. The whole of the first army has Already ta, the oath to the Empeeor Nicholas. The seine has been do ns le_y the corps of Finland, and by all the civil ituthoritees of . 14 .s composed of Grand Duchy, The Committee of Inquirr cis' Grand Duke Michael, of the 3linister of War, of Gen Kutusow, Lewaschoff; and er Bruckendorff, Adjutants-Genet'' of Colonel Adl id-de-camp, and Al. Bucharow , lawyer. il I esterday being Christmas -day (0.5.), and the miniversa of the commemoration of the expulsion of the enemy front. Russian territory , the Court, and. persons of distinction of 'T o t. sexes, as well as t h e G e n e rals and Officers of the Guards PI A , the Army, attended Divine Service and Te Deum in Winter Palace.— (St Peterrburgh Gazette.) J or lent WARSAW,, e Prince 'William of Prussia arrived here yesterday,, the immediately and visited the Grand Duke Conetauttne. Prince passed the evening with the Lieut.-General of Kingdom, and will se t out for St. Petersburgh this evening • (Brussels Papers, Jan. 25.) VIENN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAM/MUM, JAN. 17..--30. 0. ; 2 Us., 3.1. PETERSHURGH 3.--10. 7-16. mum°, J A .. 13.- 1 Three months., 6. 17. 111citLIN, JAM. 14.—Three months, 6. 27. .—Three months, 9. 67 , liuminirg A, h JAN. 7 Paper:, Jun. 17.) a Committee shock! be appointed to go round and inspect the weavers' work, and ascertain the prices they received. A noisy and lengthened debate followed on this motion. Mr. RICHARDSOx moved, as art amendment, that in the opinion of the meeting, the prices last agreed upon (at the King's Head, Poultry) were the lowest that could possibly be received, - and that any departure from those prices must be compulsory on the part of the masters, and.not acquiesced in by the journeymen. The amendment was put and carried unanimously, aniidit great applause. The meeting then separated. MASONIC NOTICES 14:11, NEXT WEEK. ENGLAND. Monday, Jan. 80, LoNooN. No. 458. Co uNTRY. Nos. 227, 246, 360, 597, 707, 731. IN l e N d a y, 81, lioNoox. No. 86, 235. Co U NTRY. Nos. 68, 37, 340, Wednesday, Feb. 1, LoNnoie. N ow. 35, 75, 220 668. . Grand Chapter. COUNTRY. Nos. 84, 95, 124, 139, 146, 207, 229, 339, 405, 487, 491, 505, 513, 526, 529, 581, 585, 656, 711, 713, 725. Thursday, -2, I,n )(DON. Non. 61, 277, 325, 409. COUIITIty. Nos. 113, 171, 182, 234, 416, 451, 453, 466, 409, 555, 561, 599, 627. 3, LONDON. No. 210. Friday * COUNTRY. Nos. 13, 20, 30, 55, 58, 470, 533. Saturday, -4, Lownoii. No. 173. COUNTRY. • • HICE OK bTOCKS 'CIIIS Bank Stuck 2lsi 15. 3 per Cent. Heti. 810 3 per Cent. Cons. 34 per Cent. Ditto nett ll9 a 4 per Cent. New fian!t Long Ana, 20 3.16 1.16 India Stock Ditto Bon& lO 910 pni. - South Sea Stock lIA VT ONE o'ci.ticic Old Annuities New Ditto. Ex. Bills 10001. lid. 1 dia par Ditto 500/. lid Ditto Small id... 3 2 4 pm. Ditto Advcrtiscd Bank for .Acct. India for Acct. Cons. for Acct, PRICES OF FOI2EIGN F Austrian lids, 5 per cent.— 11razili3n lids JNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Mexican Scrip Neapolitan, 1824 Neapolitan Scrip • . Peruvian Bonds Do. Scrip Portuguese Bonds Prumstan, 5 per cent. ... 911 i Ditto New 11u Chian, New, 5 p. cc. ... 8411 Spanimli 1821, 5 per ct.... 12ii - 1823 - 7. - • - 1825 Scrip lluenott Ayrci. Bdx (Milian, 13da , ti per cent— — 6}lonil»ail 1141$ CO Do. do. 1824 Danish, 6 pe r cent ll9 Bii.4ll# 1)o. 1026 Greek Ms Do. 11125 .... ........ — Guationtla ltexiran lids _ Do. 1825 French Rentes, bp. c. —f. —c. 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